[chrishajer]

No, it’s a function of the operating system of the web server and the files. In your FTP program it should be available with a right click on the file, or maybe it’s a column that is displayed by the date and filesize.

It should look like this: 0644 or rw-r--r--, on the same line in your FTP program as your bb-config.php. Here’s a sample screenshot of what I’m talking about.

http://www.chrishajer.com/bbpress/permissions.png

They’re called “rights” in this program.

Basically, bbPress needs to be able to read the file.